Implementation of a hospital oral care protocol and recording of oral mucositis in children receiving cancer treatment: A retrospective and a prospective study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1113-1120

  Qutob, Akram F ^a,b,c   Allen, Gabrielle ^c   Gue, Sumant ^b,c   Revesz, Tamas ^c   Logan, Richard M ^b   Keefe, Dorothy ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Children; Hospital; Implementation; Oral care protocol; Oral mucositis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; MICONAZOLE; MOUTHWASH; NYSTATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASMS; ORAL HEALTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STOMATITIS;

EID: 84879794338     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1633-2     Document Type: Article

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